Carton partition for artificial silk cops



Nov. 18, 1958 J. A. MONTGOMERY EI'AL 2,860,825

CARTON PARTITION FOR ARTHQICIAL SILK COPS Filed Feb. 24, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG]. 20 f 0000 0 o 0 6000 o o 0 o o o I 49 4o /41 92 O 43 21 0 O O O O O O O 30 :T =:F 0 48 A 0 49 0 O B o o b 06 00 1 v 31 L32 33 JAMES A.MONTGOMERY RALPH D. MORTON I INVENTORS y W I B paw/25W ATTORNEYS Nov. 18, 1958 J. A. MONTGOMERY ETAL CARTON PARTITION FOR ARTIFICIAL SILK COPS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 24, 1955 37 FIGS.

m w m 0 M A m I J RALPH D. MORTON INVENTORS BY 0954M Q Ia ATTORNEYS CARTGN PARTI'IEIO- FOR AR I IFICIAL James A; Montgi i l fya lidiRhlphfljl fMorton, Kingsport, Tenn; assignorstoEas'tman KodakCompany,;Rochester, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey I A iicafion'nebruarytzg,tisss seriakNoanamzm.

1*'Claim. .f Cl.2Z 9 42)f unless. great care. is "taken in .packaging Ithe' individual units.-

Our, invention-is particularly directedutot providing .a -partitionwhich mayflbep-placedin a.box or carton and which [may definitely support .the. conicalends .of. the conef'shaped members .or". supportsjon which -,the yarn-is wound. "These. partitions arearranged to: be .proper ly spaced. so thataamajor part .of the weight. of .I the. individual units will be.' distifibuted over the. entirerarea of l'the, partition and so r that the cops. themselves maytassist in bearing the. weight withintfthe container. Anotherobjectcf our invention .is to provide. .a.. partition which. maybe. readily inadeffromt-a 'single generally rectangularfsheetof relaiitively-strong. fiberboard or. the. like. so that these, partitions may be die. cut: from .pieces .ofthe :materialhand;provided with suitable weakenedfold lines andsupporting apertures for the. conicallyshaped yarnsupports. Still another object of our invention is to provide a partition in which the relative. spacinglof .thelpar'titions; may be accurately a obtained. while loading a carton,.placing one-partition in the carton and loading a layer of cops therein-andeplacing .-a-- second partition in a fixed position with regardt-to the afirst and continuing until the carton -.has been completely .5 filled. Still another object of our:=:invention is to.-provide 1f a partitionhaving a series of panels,..certain -panels-positioning' large and small apertures in axial alignment to receive the ends of a cop support and certain other partitions projecting from the apertured panels and into a position to space the panels one from the other as the carton is loaded by placing successive partitions and successive layers of cops in the carton. Another object of our invention is to provide an integral flange of the partition which may assist in bearing any additional outside weight imposed on the carton of cops. Another object is to provide a dividing partition which will engage and be positioned by special part partitions for use at the top and bottom of the cartons only. Other objects will appear from the following specification, the novel features being particularly pointed out in the claim at the end thereof.

Coming now to the drawings wherein like reference characters denote like parts throughout:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a partition blanked from a sheet of suitable material;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Fig. 1 partially folded to form a partition;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a partition completely folded from the blank shown in Fig. 1;

we ice "Fig.' 4 is a blank'die cut from suitable material. and illustrating a second preferred form of our invention; I

Fig.- 5. shows a perspective .view of the blank shown in Fig. 4. partially folded;

Fig. 6 shows a perspective view ofa completely. folded blank in accordance with Fig. .4;

" Fig.7 is anenlargeddetailfsection showing atypical cop which-may belpa'cked 1in a carton'in which ourim- 10; proved -form of die-cut partitions are used; and

5 Fig. 8 is a' detail sectionalview'showing on .arelatively small .scale ajtypic'al cartonnornbox packed .with a series of our improved partitions vWithithe cops in placeb'ut omitting the individual wrappings aroundeach .cop in order to more clearlyjillust1ate'the invention. .Ourimproved formof partitions can bedie cut intoa generally rectangulanform, as. shown in" Figs... 1. and',4, this being. particularly .desirable' because such .blanks are economical and,-bec.ause.-they may -be:packed"-flat.for

storage, shipment andithe like. 'Theselblanksareprovidedwith. fold lines, preferably weakened .to'fold readily, andslots so. that..an operatormay rapidly bend'them into i the;desired shape. We havelfoundit convenient toffold these partitions as a box or carton is being loaded. and

.as the; partitions are. placedinto .theca'rton .so' that each successive layerof cops.may-be supported in a :fixedposition and. much-of theweightof the cops -will..be taken up byithev cops themselves, thepartitionst-serving primarily a .to hold them in place.

Fig.1 shows ablank 10- which has been-.die cut-to form a series .of large apertures ,11 and a.series;ofisma ll apertures 12,-.thelargeapertures being formed in thepan'els 19. Thereis alsoa vertical fold .line 20;.extending transversely. of the panel. The. fold; lines 17, 18 and.j19 and a center slot .21 bound'panels 22, 23..and ..24, .25,'.there being a transverse slot126 i-npanels 22 and 23.and.a -transverse slot 27 in panelsa24-and. 25.

'.With such ablank and with theeweakened. foldfllines described above, a. partition as. indicated, broa-dlyjatfi'29 may be formed by folding the sets of small apertures 12 in panels 15.,and about the fold line .20 and the. slotl2l startingthis foldingmovement as shown.in"'Fig..2. fBy

continuing the foldingmovement and-bybendingjthe panels.22,.23 and.2.4, .25 outwardly, two. double walled flanges. provide extensions running .the-lengthwof the partition in onedirection, as shown in Fig. 3.

In. a second form' of..o.ur .inventionshown in. Eig. -.4,

there is-ablank 30 having a series of panels. 31, 3.2,}33;.3.4,

' 35, 36, 37 and 38 separated 'or defined by fold lines 39,

the small apertures lie on the opposite side so that when the partition 50 is finally completed, as in Fig. 6, the shape is substantially that of the first-described embodiment of our invention shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 7 shows a typical yarn cop which may be shipped in a carton or box in which our improved form of partitions are used. It will be noted that this cop 51 has been wound upon a core or support 52 which has one large end 53 and one small end 54. Since the size of these conical ends and cops varies quite widely, we have referred in the specification and claim to a partition plate having large and small apertures to receive the large and small ends of the cops. It will be noted that the size of these aperused. This container which we prefer to make of strong corrugated cardboard, for instance, is preferably of a size to just receive a definite number of silk cops andthese may be conveniently loaded by placing in the bottom of the box or container a partition B which might be considered half of the blank. partitions in Fig. 1 and Fig. 4,

since only the partitions utilizing the large size opening are preferably employed for thispurpose. Thus there will be a partition with large apertures and with a double walled spacing extension which is slotted extending upwardly from the bottom. A'layer of cops with the large ends 53 of the supports are then inserted in the large apertures 11 or 47 and then a second partition which will be a complete partition, as in Figs. 3 or 6, may be employed, the slotted areas of these partitions being moved downwardly over the slotted areas of the lower outstanding partitions at right angles thereto. Thus the small apertures will be placedover the small ends 54 of the conical supports and a second layer of cops are positioned in the container.

After the required number of layers and partitions are since the partitions 29 or lie against the side walls 62 of the container and the. upper walls 61 lie against the half partition on the top of the carton, the weight of the cops is well distributed over the entire areas of the top and bottom ofthe container and the partition plates,

while strong, nevertheless are primarily designed to hold the cops in axial alignment so that the conical supports 52 resting on the partitions may assist very materially in supporting the weight of all of the cops. However, should any undue weight be imposed onto. the top of the readily folded up into the required shape before or after a layer of cops has been placed in the container. Moreover, if desired and some care is used, it is possible to unfold the partitions into their original flat form and reuse them if this can be economically accomplished.

While we have shown two forms of our invention which are well adapted for use, we consider as Within the scope of our invention any such forms as may come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

Interengaging partitions for containers used in shipping yarn carried by yarn cop supports having one end of greater diameter than the other, each of said partitions comprising a single sheet of material of generally rectangular configuration folded intermediate its length to form a base portion having two contacting layers of material; each contacting layer including a double thickness flange extending at right angles to the base portion and formed by folding a corresponding intermediate area of each base portion upon itself, the flanges in the respective contacting'layers extending from the base portion in opposite directions; each flange provided with a slot extending from the middle of the outer edge thereof toward the base portion and having a width substantially equal to the thickness'of another double thickness flange of-a like partition whereby whenthe flanges of two partitions are brought into interengaging right angle relation with the slots in each aligned with one another, the top edges of the flanges form supports for spacing apart the base portions of adjacent partitions and divide the space between the base portions of adjacent partitions into four cop-receiving pocketsof equal size; each contacting layer of said base portion on both sides of said flange provided with holes which are in axial alignment with one another, the holes in one layer having a diameterslightly larger than the small end of the cop and the holes in the other layer having a diameter slightly larger than the large end of the cop whereby the edges of said holes position the cops transversely on the base portions and the surface of the layer containing the smaller holes and surrounding carton of cops, as mightresult for instance if aheavy weight were placed on top of the carton, in stacking or during shipment, then the integral double-walled flanges on the partitions wouldserve to bear a greater part of this extra load, to resist the tendency for compression of the carton, and to prevent damage which mightresulh.

from compression of the yarn wound on the cops.

It will be noticed that with our improved form of diecut inner layers for cartons that we have illustrated forms of our invention which are readily adaptable for use in the rapid loading of boxes or cartons of cops since these partition members may lie flat in storage and may be said holes forms a support' for the large end of the cops to position them against longitudinal movement.

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